Gas-cooler.



No. 723,003. PATBNTED MAR. 17. 1903..A E. A. MOORE.

No. 723,003. PATBNTED MAR. 17, 1903.

` 'E. A. MOURE.

GAS COOLER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 5, 1902. E0 MODEL. 4 SHEETS-SHEET Z.

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E. A. MOORE. GAS-COOLER. APPLIQATION FILED JUNI: 5, 1902.

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E. A. MOORE.

GAS COOLER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 5, 1902.

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UNITED STATE-s PATENT OFFICE.,

EDWIN A. MOORE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

V'GAS-COOLER.

"SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters lfatentnNo. 723,003, dated March 17, 1903. Application tied June 5,1902, saturo. 110,377. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:-

Beit known that I, EDWIN A. MOORE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Coolers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates, primarily, to gasworks, has especial reference to gas-coolers in which water is used as the cooling medium,has for its object theincreasing of the cooling-surfaces over which the gas travels in its passage, and consists in certain improvements in construction which will be fully disclosed in the following specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a side elevation, partly in section, ot a gascooler embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a top plan view, partly in section; Fig. 3, an end elevation, partly in section; Fig. 4, a vertical section, partly in elevation, showing the lower end of two adjacent compartments; Fig. 5, a side elevation showing the coolers connected at both ends to water-supply pipes, and Fig. 6 a plan of the balie-plate.

Reference being had to the drawings and the numerals thereon, 1 indicates the body of the cooler, preferably rectangular in form and made of rolled sheet metal properly secured together by angle-irons and rivets in the usual manner of putting up sheet-metal structures, and is separated into a number of cooling-compartments 2 by transverse vertical partitions 3, having an asbestos 'lining t to retard the transmission of heat from one compartment to another. The partitions 3 extend from the lower tube-sheet 5 to the upper tube-sheet 6, and between the tube-sheets and secured thereto in the usual manner are tubes 7, through which water passes and around which the gas passes Viu its circuitY cooler adjacent to the tube-sheets are waterchambers 9 at the upper end and 10 at the lower end, each of which chambers connects two adjacent compartments, the combined area of the openings 8 being in excess of the area of the gas-inlets 11 and 12 at one end of the cooler, the gas-outlets 13 14 being at the opposite end thereof. The chamber 10, to which the su pply-pipe 21 is attached, is provided with a curved battle-plate 40 to distribute thewater a'nd causeit to flow up through all the tubes 7 in the compartment 2 above said chamber, andthe baffle-plate is provided with elongated openings 11 to allow part of the water to How through the plate. The baf- Iie-plate is also provided with lugs 42, by which it is secured in position.`

The chambers 9 and 10 are formed by plates 15 16,properly bent and provided with horizontal flanges 17 18, by which they are secured to the body 1, and vertical flanges 19 20, by

which they are secured together at their adjacent edges, and the outer chamber at one side of the cooler is provided with water-supply pipes 21 and the corresponding chamber at the opposite side is provided with Waterdischarge pipes 22, by which construction the coldest water operates upon the coolest gas,

and vice versa.

Each compartment 2 is provided with manholes having covers 23 at the upper end and 24 at t'he lower end of the cooler, tar-discharge openings 25 at the'lower end of each compartment for the removal of the tar which adheres to the outer surfaces of the tubes rZand is collected from the gas in transit through the Vpipes for supplying water, as shown in Fig; 5.

In Fig. 5 the chambers 9 are shown connected to an extension 30 of the main watersupply pipe 31 bybranches 32, having valves 33, and the chambers 10 are connected to pipe 34 by branches 35, having extensions 36, pro- IOS mud and other sediment from chambers l0,

and in pipe 34 are valves 38 for controlling the supply of water to either of the chambers 10.

In the operation of gas-coolers it frequently occurs that the gas heats the water so highly that it loses its cooling elect on the gas before the water has passed through the tubes of all the gas-cooling com partments. It is my purpose to remedy this defect by providing means for supplying cold water to any one or more of the gas-cooling compartments while.

the gas is passing through the cooler, and thus augment the supply of cold water and cool or revivify the water which has been heated by the gas, and thereby greatly increase the efficiency of the cooler.

' Gas from coke ovens or retorts enters the cooler at the lower end, travels up around the tubes 7 in the iirst compartment 2, crosses through the openings 8 in partition 3 into the second compartment, thence downward, and travels in like manner until it has passed through all of the compartments and is discharged through the gas-outlet at the opposite side ofthe cooler, and water enters the cooler at the lower end and near the outlet for the gas and traverses the tubes in the several compartments in the opposite direction to that in which the gas is owing, and the supply of water may be augmented at any of the waterchambers 9 or 10 of the cooler.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim isp l. A gas-cooler provided with a plurality of gas-compartments separated by vertical partitions, and communicating alternately at opposite ends through openings in said partitions, tubes in said compartments communieating at their ends with water chambers common to two adjacent compartments, gas inlet and outlet openings on opposite sides of the cooler, water supply and discharge pipes,

and means for removing tar from each compartment.

2. A gas-cooler provided with a plurality of gas-compartments separated by vertical partitions having heat non-conducting linings, and communicating alternately at opposite ends through openings in said partitions, tubes in said compartments communicating at their ends with water-chambers common to two adjacent compartments, gas inlet and outlet openings on opposite sides of the cooler, water supply and discharge pipes, steam-inlet and tar-discharge openings for eachcompartment.

3. Agas-cooler provided with a plurality of gas-compartments having tubes for the pas- Sage of a cooling medium, separate Waterchambers at the upper and lower ends of the cooler connecting two adjoining gas-compart ments,a water-supply pipecrossing the cooler, pipes communicating with the water-chambers and the supply-pipe, and means for controlling the supply of water to each of said chambers.

4. A gas-cooler provided with a plurality of gas-compartments,and water-chambers at the ends of said compartments; in combination with a water-supply pipe connected separately to said waterchambers, and means for controlling the supply of water to the chambers, for cooling or revivifying the water passing through the cooler. Y

5. A gas-cooler provided with a plurality of gas-compartments, separated by partitions having heat non-conducting linings secured thereto, and means for supplying water to cool the gas.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EDWIN A. Moons.

Witnesses:

D. C. REINOHL, C. W. METCALFE. 

